Feverfew you can grow it as a plant but I dont as it is a great skin irritant for some and drives me crazy.

its also an old headache remmedy i believe . a weed is realy a plant in the wrong place so get rid if you dont like it or keep it if you do . personaly it looks quite atractive to me . it does spread very easily i must add .

theres also a more yellow veriaty .

I rather like this - have grown Feverfew for years, but mine is the yellow version. Used to be classified under Chrysanthemum, but I think is now under Tanacetum.

I hate the smell of that stuff. We pull it out as soon as we see it.

horses for courses i guess .

You can use the leaves as a treatment for migraine - put one or two in a sandwich if you can bear to. The taste will blow you away! Incidentally, weeds are plants you know! Its only a weed if you don't want it.

Dorothy an old lady i once worked for and who was 93 would come down the garden with her sandwich and take leaves of the feverfew put them in the sandwich and munched away, i tried it and thought it was awfull, another common name for this is stinking nanny, julien.

great minds steragram x .

Thanks all, might try some feverfew tea when Im next at my mums...

I would steer clear of trying unknown remedies. There are substances in feverfew which can prove fatal if taken by people already on blood thinners. On a less serious note it can produce stomach upsets, mouth ulcers etc. I am all for herbal remedies but as prescribed by someone who knows both the herb and its side effects and also the person taking it. Google 'feverfew side effects' to find out more.

I wouldn't be consuming Feverfew either - its supposed to be an old headache remedy, but can have very dramatic side effects in some people if ingested. It was always a medicinal herb rather than something edible.

now come oni just said it USED to be used as a headache remmedy stick with the parcetamol lol .

I have also read it can cause miscarriages if ingested so definitely one to beware of. I have lots of it in my garden as it is easily removed from areas where it is unwelcome and provides a splash of yellow through the winter months as it is evergreen or yellow depending on which one you have. I bought my first one as 'Batchelors Buttons' at a Church fete.

i agree scotsgran x .

yes, I googled all that as well.. will steer clear and stick to PG tips! Thanks all...

lolgood wouldnt want to kill someoneasthats not that friendly lol x .

Enjoy your cuppa in safety Heidib.

yes and makesure know one hastaken out an insurance policy on you either while you drink it heidib lol x .